Baker Jive Train - the old site

Baker Jive Tra
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rain
Ridin’ Dirty
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Words and Pics: Englishman
S
ometimes it seems as if
this bike has had more
names than the fake
ID’s that George The Painter
carries around. I always
thought of it as “The Secret
Baker Bike” and the seat
proclaims it to be “Riding
Dirty,” the “BBBB” pushrod
covers stand for the “Bert
Baker Ball Breaker” but
then again the gas tank says
“Baker Jive Train.” It’s really
no surprise that this bike
has multiple personalities
considering the multiple
personalities that put it
together.
March in Daytona this year. The secrecy
part was no mean feat, considering the
amount of information exchange these
days, but somehow the lid was kept on
it. The frame was built by Bill Dodge
of Bling’s Cycles, Milwaukee Iron
built the rear fender and the seat came
from Duane Ballard (of course). Paul
Wideman of Bare Knuckle Choppers
made the way-cool front end as well as
the mid controls and exhaust work (and
the glass velocity stack).
It fell to Eric Gorges of Voodoo
Choppers and Fabricator Kevin (of
Fabricator Kevin’s) to do the lion’s
share of design, fabricating and general
figuring out how to get all this stuff to
work together. I probably didn’t help
much when I suggested the under-thetank oil tank, looks really trick but
presented Eric with an awful lot of work
figuring it all out. This was all made a
little less easy because the S&S P-Series
engine took a while longer than planned
to arrive and when it did, Eric decided the
cases should be polished and the top end
powdercoated to match the (important)
I’m certain you all remember my
article on the building of this bike in
complete secrecy in issue #78, but
just in case some of you have severe
short term memory problems or for
some reason just crawled out of the
primordial soup and have just now
discovered The Horse magazine, let
me recap.
This bike was built for Bert Baker
as a sort of replacement for the bike
that was stolen from him in Daytona
in 1995, the idea was to build it in total
secrecy and present it to Bert on the
10th anniversary of Baker Drivetrain in
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drivetrain components. Dan Roedel was
pressed into service to strip the brand
new engine down to its component
pieces, and then reassemble it a week or
so later. The wheels came in from Ride
Wright and a few other people such as
Jason Hallman and Even Edwards put
a lot of time and effort into getting this
bike to the stage where it was presented
to Bert at the Broken Spoke in March.
Since then, the paint has been applied
by the French Kiss guys and the bike
actually runs now!
We went out to J&R cycles (the
shop ran by Jason Hallman) in Plymouth
Michigan for the shoot. I hadn’t seen the
bike since just after Daytona and I was
certainly impressed with the looks now
it is complete. The bike was being shot
for the Baker 2009 calendar; check out
our 2009 calendar for a stolen shot from
that shoot.
We went back a couple of days later
to shoot the bike in the yard outside
Jason’s shop and over by the railroad
tracks next door. Special thanks to
Harley for posing with the bike and
Lumpy from CCX for making sure we
didn’t get run over by any of the trains..
Jive or otherwise!
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Tech sheet
GENERAL
Fabrication: ... Bill Dodge, Paul Wideman, ...................Eric Gorges, Fabricator Kevin,
.......................................... Milwaukee Iron
Model: ........ Riding Dirty/Baker Jivetrain/
..................Secret Baker Bike/Bert Baker’s
................................................Ball Breaker
Assembly by:........................... Everybody.
ENGINE
Year: .................................................. 2008
Model: ..........................................P-Series
Rebuilder: ............................... Dan Roedel
Ignition: ..............................................S&S
Displacement: . .................................... 93”
Lower end: .........................................S&S
Balancing: ..........................................S&S
Pistons: ...............................................S&S
Cases: .................................................S&S
Heads: . ...............................................S&S
Cams: . ................................................S&S
Lifters: ................................................S&S
Carb: ...................................................S&S
Air cleaner: ..........Bare Knuckle Choppers
Pipes: ....................Voodoo/Superior Metal
TRANSMISSION
Model: ................................Frankentranny
Year: .................................................. 2008
Shifting: ..............................................Foot
Trans sprocket: ....................................23T
Wheel sprocket:....................................28T
PAINTING
Painter: ...................................French Kiss
Color: . ................................. Groovy Flake
FRAME
Year: .................................................. 2008
Builder: . .............................Bling’s Cycles
Type: . .........................................Model 71
Rake: ..................................................... 32
Stretch: ................................. 2” out -1” up
ACCESSORIES
Bars: ...............................................Roedel
Risers:................................. Superior Metal
Rear Fender: .................... Milwaukee Iron
Taillight: ................................... Fab Kevin
Front Pegs: ........................................BKC
Electrics: . ......................................Voodoo
Gas Tank: . .....................................Voodoo
Oil Tank: . ......................................Voodoo
Oil System: .........................................S&S
Seat: ................. Fab Kevin/ Duane Ballard
FORKS
Type: . .......................................... Springer
Extension: . ...................................... Short!
Builder: . ............................................BKC
Special Features: ....................... Very Nice
WHEELS
Front
Size:........................................................ 19
Hub:........................................ Ride Wright
Rear
Size: ....................................................... 18
Hub: ....................................... Ride Wright
Tires:...................................................Avon
Brakes: . .................................... Fab Kevin
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